One vehicle you own for personal, non-commercial use is exempt from Massachusetts motor vehicle excise tax if you have a qualifying service-connected disability, were a prisoner of war, or are a resident service member deployed or stationed outside Massachusetts for at least 180 continuous days in a calendar year. A service member wounded or killed in an armed conflict does not have to meet the 180-day test, and an unremarried surviving spouse of a former prisoner of war can claim it with local approval.
Contact the assessor in the Massachusetts city or town where you live. The exemption is granted locally, not by a state office.
Your VA rating letter or documentation of the loss of use or visual impairment, your Massachusetts Disabled Veteran license plate approval if you have one, prisoner of war documentation, or your orders showing the deployment or assignment outside Massachusetts.
